Have you ever noticed that whenever the subject is a possible government shutdown, even the talking heads on the Right side define it as caused by Congressional Republican? It's inevitable even though it takes both political sides to create that impasse. Such is the importance of defining the narrative.

The truth of the matter is this. Democrats routinely say that Republicans are going to "shutdown government" because Republicans won't sign on to irresponsibly spending money the federal treasury doesn't have, and in fact, most likely won't have in our grand-children's lifetime.

So, why don't the Republicans use the power of defining the narrative to paint any threat of a government shutdown as the failure of the Democrat Party to reign in frivolous and special interest spending and government waste spending?

Why not frame the narrative as Republicans preventing Democrats from causing tax increases; tax increases that would be necessary id Democrats got their way each time they talk about governm,ent shutdowns?

Each and every voter in the United States abhors wasteful government spending and tax increases. Hanging that albatross around the congressional Democrats' neck would shift the blame for government shutdowns from obstructionist Republicans to spendthrift Democrats.

So why not frame it as a Democrat refusal to not tax and spend? Because Republicans suck at messaging and capturing the narrative...they just suck at it!

Least we forget (or not paying attention) even the Democrats blame Hillary's loss on, yes, you guessed it, "POOR messaging". That in no way is to say that the Republicans are 'good' at it.....It simply indicates the importance of a narrative/communication.

After years of harping on my own representation, I am convinced that Republican Congressmen & women suffer from "mic-itis" and break out in a rash of camera shy....It must be contagious because the new arrivals seem to be quickly stricken with this malady....They quickly forget the hard hitting 'messaging' from the campaign when they were eager to tell us their reasons and ideas for change. Once sworn in, Poof! goes the memory (often including the oath)

I, like the majority of us humans, "if" I'm given an explanation, I can decide to agree or disagree. Without that I wonder..."What are you hiding or what secret Deal did you make???"

Is this 'silence' a sign of acceptance of the burden of blame or a newly discovered form of masochism?

Either way, it seems encouraged & manifested by voter apathy and acceptance of the status quo despite their screamed objection